diff --git a/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb
index d9a4ad10..4ffebf7e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # License: AGPL-3.0-or-later WITH Web-Template-Output-Additional-Permission-3.0-or-later
 class Users::SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController
 	layout 'layouts/apified', only: :new
-
+	respond_to :json, only: :new
 
   def new
     @theme = 'minimal'
diff --git a/spec/requests/maintenance_spec.rb b/spec/requests/maintenance_spec.rb
index 407558bc..0a79ef56 100644
--- a/spec/requests/maintenance_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/maintenance_spec.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe 'Maintenance Mode' do
 
         it 'allows sign_in.json' do
           get(:new, {maintenance_token: "#{token}", format: 'json'})
-          expect(response.code).to eq '406'
+          expect(response.code).to eq '200'
         end
       end
     end